We’re poised to start our 2008 CSA season on Tuesday, July 1st.

Waterville Pickup
For those of you picking up your shares in Waterville: I hereby promise to have the shares to the pickup site by 3pm on Tuesdays. Cross my heart. Shares will be available on Tuesdays from 3 pm until 9 pm at Railroad Square Cinema. The theater closes at 9 and any shares not picked up by then will, like Cinderella’s coach at midnight, turn into giant pumpkins. Any that don’t turn into pumpkins will be given to the cinema staff and will either be taken home by them or donated to local causes.

The boxes will be tucked under a table, to the left of the door, just as you enter. Shares will be clearly labeled as full shares or half shares.

There will be a clipboard with all of your names on it and the share size for which you signed up. Please check off your name and take the appropriate box. In subsequent weeks, please return the previous week’s box.

Please remember that Railroad Square is being very generous in letting us use their space, but they have nothing else to do with CSA. All questions, special arrangements and problems should be directed to us either by email or by phone at 342-2770.

Pickup at the Farm
For those of your picking up at the farm: I hereby promise to have the shares available for pickup no later than when I leave to take the other shares to Waterville. For all intents and purposes, let’s call that 3pm. Shares will be available at the farm on Tuesdays from 3 pm until 7 pm. On the rare occasion you can’t make it during those hours, please have someone else pickup for you or call to make arrangements.

The boxes will be in our walk-in cooler, which is in our barn. Signs will indicate full and half shares and there will be a clipboard on the outside of the cooler which will have all of your names on it and the share size for which you signed up. Please check off your name and take the appropriate box. In subsequent weeks, please return the previous week’s box.

Directions to the Farm
Google Maps does a very good job finding us. You can easily ask them for directions. Once you follow those directions to Rt 220, though, here’s a couple more details:

From the North: Keep your eyes peeled for a conspicuous white sign reading “Montville Gravel Pit” on the right side of the road. When you see that sign, our driveway (Berry Rd) is dead ahead. 220 will veer to the right and our driveway continues straight (off the left side of the road).
From the South: When you pass (or turn off of) Center Rd, we will be the very next right, although we’re about a mile down the road. If you see a big, white, square sign reading “Montville Gravel Pit”, you’ve gone just a bit too far.

Note that there are two mailboxes at the end of our driveway and that the driveway evenually forks, at which point you should take the right fork to get to our house and to the barn.

Missing a Week
If you will be unable to pick up your share, please make arrangements for someone else to pick it up for you. If that won’t work, please let us know by the day before so that we don’t pick your share and waste any food.

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